UConn football notebook: Diaco adds to staff

Updated 11:19 pm, Friday, January 3, 2014

Anthony Poindexter reportedly will be the new defensive coordinator at UConn, according to sources, after spending the past three seasons as Virginia's safeties coach. New UConn head coach Bob Diaco also welcomes Vincent Brown, the defensive line and assistant special-teams coordinator at Virginia, to his staff, according to the Hartford Courant. Brown, who will coach on the defensive side of the ball, played for the New England Patriots for eight seasons before retiring in 1995.

Poindexter played defensive back at Virginia from 1994-98.

Diaco, the former Notre Dame defensive coordinator, coached linebackers and defensive backs at Virginia from 2006-08. He has similar links to other coaches who will be at UConn.

Central Michigan's Mike Cummings will be UConn's offensive coordinator, the Courant reported. It was also reported that Josh Reardon, a graduate assistant at Notre Dame last season, will coach UConn's defensive backs. Wayne Lineburg, from Richmond, will be on the offensive side of the ball and special teams.

Mike Foley reportedly was the only assistant coach retained from last year's UConn staff, and his position isn't clear. He has coached the offensive line and tight ends at UConn.

Ernest Jones, who served in player development and engagement at Notre Dame last season, will coach running backs, and Don Patterson, from Buffalo, will be an associate head coach overseeing quarterbacks, according to reports.